When speed bumps are being installed, they are overlayed on existing asphalt and bonded to it with tack oil.” Stanley and his crew install between 15-20 speed bumps per season, depending on demand.

Officials in Lincoln County are working to determine the full environmental impact of a morning oil spill on Highway 78 in Hustonville.

Summary of my Professional Expert Opinion: There is direct linkage between the improper heating of the Asphalt/Tack off-loading hose and the subsequent “flash” of fire.

Then, asphalt is slowly dispensed from the back of an auger truck. Equipment operators Mike O'Kane and Erik Harrington grab shovelfuls, dumping it across the tack oil, which helps bond it to the ...

The tack-oil step is critical, according to the Asphalt Institute, an industry association. Next comes an emulsion of oil and fine stone, followed by the topping of dry stone, all applied by the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Interstate 35W reopened early Tuesday morning after several hours of cleanup from a tanker truck crash that spilled asphalt tack onto the highway near northeast Minneapolis.

The operator can then spray on tack oil before pouring the asphalt mix. The work arm compresses the mound before moving on to the next hole.

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A section of I-35W is back open Tuesday morning after a tanker rolled over and spilled hundreds of gallons of a sticky substance on Monday evening.

Without the tack oil, the new asphalt began sliding on the fabric mat, so county workers had to rip up the asphalt, put the oil down and then replace the asphalt on the bridge.

Three firefighters got hurt Monday trying to put out a huge fire at the Tulsa Asphalt plant near Owasso.

Tack oil was being spread on that stretch of road to help new asphalt better adhere to the old asphalt. But construction crews were driving their trucks over the tack oil for many blocks at a time ...